Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-2632

RCE

Title: Cmu Cyrus Imap Server RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-2632.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Sep 08, 2009

Modified Date Apr 09, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.13%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-2632: Buffer overflow in the SIEVE script component (sieve/script.c), as used in cyrus-imapd in Cyrus IMAP Server 2.2.13 and 2.3.14, and Dovecot 1.0 before 1.0.4 and 1.1 before 1.1.7, allows local users to execute arbitrary code and read or modify arbitrary messages via a crafted SIEVE script, related to the incorrect use of the sizeof operator for determining buffer length, combined with an integer signedness error.

Impacted Vendors

carnegie_mellon_university 1

cmu 1

Reference Links

http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36629 http://secunia.com/advisories/36632 http://secunia.com/advisories/36698 http://secunia.com/advisories/36713 http://secunia.com/advisories/36904 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1881 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3 http://www.osvdb.org/58103 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36296 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2559 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641 https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sieve/script.c.diff?r1=1.62&r2=1.62.2.1&only_with_tag=cyrus-imapd-2_2-tail https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001253.html https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001254.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10082 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-news/2009-September/000135.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html http://secunia.com/advisories/36629 http://secunia.com/advisories/36632 http://secunia.com/advisories/36698 http://secunia.com/advisories/36713 http://secunia.com/advisories/36904 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1881 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/3 http://www.osvdb.org/58103 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36296 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36377 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-838-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2559 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2641 https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sieve/script.c.diff?r1=1.62&r2=1.62.2.1&only_with_tag=cyrus-imapd-2_2-tail https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001253.html https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/cyrus-cvs/2009-September/001254.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10082 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-September/msg00491.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-2632 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 08, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.